Sentence examples of "s'être pris au dépourvu" in French

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Pris au dépourvu, je n'ai pas su quoi répondre. Taken by surprise, I was at a loss for what to answer.
Ils ont été pris au dépourvu. They were caught off-guard.
Ils furent pris au dépourvu. They were caught off-guard.
Tom fit tout ce qu'il put pour sauver les enfants pris au piège dans le bâtiment en flammes. Tom did everything within his power to save the children that were trapped in the burning building.
Elles furent prises au dépourvu. They were caught off-guard.
Le travail semblait assez simple, mais il m'a pris une semaine. The job looked quite simple, but it took me a week.
Il est dépourvu de créativité. He is barren of creative spirit.
Sa santé a l'air de s'être considérablement améliorée dernièrement. Her health seems to have improved considerably of late.
Elle a pris sa décision et refuse d'en être dissuadée. She's made up her mind and refuses to be talked out of it.
Il est dépourvu d'humour. He is devoid of humor.
Je ne peux lui pardonner de s'être comporté comme cela. I can't forgive him for behaving like that.
Il a pris Connie pour ma sœur. He took Connie for my sister.
Il est dépourvu de sentiments humains. He is devoid of human feeling.
Je jouissais de beaucoup de bon sens lorsque j'étais jeune mais cela semble s'être essoufflé. I had a lot of gumption when I was young but now it seems to have all petered out.
Qui a pris mon sac à main ? Who has taken my handbag?
En toute probabilité, aucun langage n'est complètement dépourvu de mots d'emprunt. In all probability, no language is completely free of borrowed words.
"-Savez-vous quel genre d'arbre vous venez de rompre ?" "-Non, je l'ignore", répondis-je au détective. Tout en regardant par la fenêtre, il lança : "-Hé, sais-tu quel genre d'arbre il vient de rompre ?" "-Hum, on dirait un Cephalotaxus", dit la voix d'une jeune femme. Après s'être redressé sur son siège, le détective me demanda à nouveau : "-Savez-vous quel genre d'arbre vous venez de rompre ?" "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"
Il a pris une importante décision. He has made a significant decision.
Il parait être dépourvu de tout sens de l'humour. He seems to have no sense of humor.
Il prétendit s'être projeté de manière astrale vers une planète éloignée, constituée de jungle, dans la galaxie d'Andromède. He claimed to have astrally projected himself to a remote jungle planet in the Andromeda galaxy.
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